The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-04-27


street leading from Hubbard street.
EVENING services in the churches will
begin at half-past seven o'clock on Sunday
evening next and until further notice.
ANNIE, little daughter of Orvlle Dewey,
who last week was not expected to recover
from a serious illness, is now improving
T. r. GORDON is building carriage-house
in the rear of his livery-stable on Main street.
The dimensions are twenty-five by fifty feet.
Mr.. w. A. Young of Montpelier has
recently made donation of $50 to the
Lebanon, N. H., soldiers memorial build
ing fund
MOUNT ZION CoMMANDERY, No. 9, Knights
Templar, of Montpelier will appear in the
procession at West Randolph on Memorial
day this year.
THERE will be a union prayer-meeting in
the vestry of the Baptist church on Thurs
day evening at half-past seven. All are
cordially invited.
The womans auxiliary of Christ church
in connection with the Woman's Indian AS
sociation will meet with Mrs. f. E. Smith
Thursday afternoon.
A COUNTY public examination of teachers
will be held at the courthouse in Montpelier
on Friday and Saturday, April 30 and 30, at
nine A. NJ. All interested are requested to
be present.
DIR. A. b. BIsBEE of Royalton, son-in-law
of Dr. Sumner Putnam, will make Mont
peler his place of residence in the future
and will continue in this place the practice
of his profession.
j. G. BARTLETT of the Mariana Opera
Company, who is so much of favorite with
Montpelier people, has been engaged as the
tenor solost for the musical festival soon to
be held in Brattleboro.
The snow has pretty much disappeared
from this village but there is still large
amount on the hills which face to the north,
and in the woods there are still two or three
feet of " the beautiful"
Mr.. AND Mrs. CHARLES A. REED and Mrs
Poland were at the Esmond Hotel Port
land Oregon, on the 10th instant, having
just arrived by stage-ride of forty miles.
They are on their way East.
AMONG the arrivals at the Pavilion on
Monday were Hons. w. H. Dubois, John
L. Edwards, w. p. Dillingham;, H. G. Bates,
Colonel John G. Stearns, and j. ID. Deni-
son, Esq, of West Randolph.
THE famous spectacular play, " The Black
Crook" will be given at Blanchard Opera
house Thursday evening, May 9TH. with
gorgeous scenery and elegant costumes, by
a company of sixty persons, including forty
ladies'. special train will be run to Barre
at the close of this entertainment.
FRANK H. BAsCoM is again to take posses
sion of the drugstore formerly owned by
him, and his father, Ira G.. Bascom, will re-
turn to his former home in Alexandria Bay,
| n. Y The future proprietor announces
that he will keep strictly temperance "
store, and it is to be hoped that he will not
have occasion to alter his purpose.
LETTERS uncalled for at the Montpelier
(Vt.) post-office April %, 1887
Miss Jennie Baker Ada Green,
Flora Ceey, Andrew jackson,
Mrs. John Fisk, DIR. John West.
Parties applying for any of the above must
say advertised and give the date.
GEORGE w. WING, Postmaster.
IT may not be generally known, but it
SHOULD Dt, undI DtTllu du llS ldSJ lON IL
meeting voted to exempt from taxation for
a term of ten years any new manufacturing
interests which may be located in that town.
This cooperation with Montpelier in Offer
ing inducements to new industries is en-
tirely proper and can hardly fail to be
beneficial to both towns.
THE Bridgman Sisters of Boston will give
an entertainment at Trinity church this
wednesday, evening consisting of humor-
GUS and character readings, scenes from
Shakespeare, musical and dramatic seec.
tions and dialect recitations. The Boston
Globe speaks of " the really excellent enter
tainment given by the Misses Ina M. and
Estelle Brdgman of this city," and the Bos-
ton Herald announces that their humorous
and dramatic readings are g of an unusually
high order of merit" Tickets are for sale
at the store of G. w. Wilder.
HARRY G. DEwING associate editor OF
the Argus, will sever his relations with that
paper on the 14th of May next, and at once
assume position on the editorial staff OF
the Boston Globe. Harry has done more
hard work during his connection with the
Argus than any newspaper man of his age
in Vermont. He fully deserves the good
fortune which will be the cause of his re-
moval from Montpelier and in employing
him the Globe secures the services of re-
liable and industrious man. Congratula
tions to both Harry and the Globe.
"'SKIPPED BY THE LIGHT OF THE Moon
is undoubtedly one of the liveliest pieces
seen here for many seasons, and notwith
standing the fact of its now being in its fiftl
week, it is drawing crowded audiences tC
every performance, which receive the comic
situations of the play with shrieks of laugh
ter and enthusiastic applause. e."-Nelc Yorh
Herald -" Skipped by the Light of the
Moon will be given with all its ludcrou.
features at Blanchard Opera-house on Tues
day evening of next week. Seats are pur
chaseable at the Phinney bookstore.
CAPITAL GUARD has new armory and &
splendid one, too. The Golden Fleece viii
hereafter be the headquarters of the GuarC
and no company in the First Regiment hai
BETTER if indeed any has as good. The
dressing-room at the left of the main en-
trance will be used for the storage of arms
and as a reception-room and in the base
ment will be kept the uniforms, trappings
and camp equipments. The main hall vii
porous condition and its good fortune il
securing the Golden Fleece will be a source
of pleasure to all friends of the organiza
ton.
DIR. PENTEcosT's Montpelier labors
begin at eight o'clock next Sunday morning
in a meeting to be held in Bethany church
at that hour. The result of his work is OF